That applies not to people but also companies.
Kouzuki Kakka’s going that far when paying attention to your speech and conduct?
Kaan-san asks.
That’s natural. I’m the head of Kouzuki house
Jii-chan’s laughing voice is heard.
Kaan-kun, what do you think is nobility?
This time, Jii-chan asks.
Uhm, in what way? I’m asking why the nobility is nobility
Kaan-san.
That’s because their founder accomplished a great deed
Yeah.
All the nobility come from their first ancestor doing something great.
Then, gaining high rank, assets, piling it up, becoming the head of household.
That’s right. All of the nobility exist because of their first head. The first person experienced success himself However, the succeeding generations, all continued to protect their family, and that is the reason for us to exist
Kaan-san tries to add in a hurry, but.
Even so, the most momentous one is the first one. After all, he’s only a commoner
Yeah, the first family head to become nobility was a commoner.
The second generation is succeeding in a somewhat grander house.
Therefore, the story of the first generation is mostly handed down as a legend. The second generation’s story is usually buried and forgotten. Tales of ancestors who rejuvenated the family after collapsing remain, but the first generation’s glory never changes Jii-chan said. That’s because the first-generation’s story of success is the only genuine personal experience. He’s the one to rise up from the commoners
Oh, it’s something like the story of the servant in charge of footwear taking over the country.
Doesn’t your family treat the first generation as special, even going as far as worshipping him? It is as you say
Kaan-san replies.
Then, what are we now? Aren’t we all leaning into the peace from the heroic achievements of the first generation? Well, it’s still hard to continue and protecting a family that has grown large. As mentioned earlier, I know about it the most as I’m the head of Kouzuki house. However, is there worth our existence if all we do is keep the family safe? We do not have achievements nor the personal experience Jii-chan’s voice echoes. I believe you all know what happened with Kurama house
Kurama house.
Kurama Misato and Arisu-san’s house.
I wonder what’s the cause why the two cute young ladies are now going to become prostitutes?
Kurama house inherited the Kurama Kaku, which is a hotel business concentrating at weddings
Oh, I heard about the Kurama Kaku group. I heard that they’re a hotel group with great traditional inns and wedding halls.
So that’s what Kurama-san’s family is doing.
Kurama Kaku is formerly a Japanese style garden built for Kurama house. It became a traditional Japanese restaurant during the early Showa and used as a wedding reception is for noble marriages. Most political and business circles gather there. During my age, most families conduct their wedding reception banquet there. That building doesn’t belong to just Kurama house. It’s a precious location for us nobility as it has memories Oh, if the influential people go to Kuromori tower at night for their under the table meetings.
Then, Kurama Kaku is the social gathering place during the daytime.
However, the current head of Kurama house is a young man in his 40’s. He let some unknown foreign groups invest in his business and took down the whole Kurama Kaku, an old Japanese style building. Saying that he’ll rebuild it to a modern high-rise hotel Huh? I think that’s Kurama-san’s father, but.
He broke everything.
I stopped it. I told him to keep the Kurama Kaku. That it’s not something, he should do. We knew that the internal conditions of the foreign company investing group are suspicious. That it’s an offer that is too good to be true. We told him that if he was low on funds for the time being, then the Kouzuki group can lend him as much as he wants. I talked to the other heads of families about Kurama-kun. To cut off the relationship with the overseas group. To stop the stupid attempt to create a new building. To protect the beautiful garden of Kurama Kaku and their history Jii-chan’s voice has a hint of anger. However, that man told me, If all I do is protect the old, then I don’t know what reason I was born for. If I don’t challenge with a new hotel, then my life will not begin. Then, ignoring my warning, he declared severing connections with us old men. Suddenly starting the construction work, destroying all and turning it to an empty plot, and establishing a new hotel Oh, he’s done it. However, when the construction was half done, the funds from the foreign investors suddenly blows off. Instead of the cash flowing in, the sum of money is sent over to the overseas investors. We will return it, let us borrow it for now, or so they say Oh boy. The construction of the high-rise hotel stopped. However, it already used over a hundred million yen. The money let to the foreign investors isn’t coming back. And above all, the wonderful Kurama Kaku will never return to normal. He dug down to the basement to create the high-rise building It’s all out. That said, the half-complete hotel doesn’t have enough funds to finish it. If the new hotel doesn’t open, money won’t flow in. The traditional inn and wedding hall of the Kurama Kaku group lack in funds that they were in danger. He came to us, crying. I’m begging you, please lend me money, he said When everything we going well, he said he would cut off his connections with Jii-chan. However, neither my friends nor I can’t give him money. He’s gone that far
It’s not just Jii-chan.
He ignored other people’s advice and failed.
There’s no help.
Indeed, it’s a miserable story. Grandfather decided not to give any help to Kurama house
Kaan-san said.
Therefore, she was cold to the Kurama sisters.
Kanou house, the last of the big three don’t have the assets, just their history.
If Kozuki and Kaan house isn’t helping Kurama house, nobody else will.
By the way, Kaan-kun, do you know why Kurama house did something that foolish?
Jii-chan said.
That’s.because he was deceived by the honey words of the foreigners? Then, why was it easy to fool him? That’s. That Kurama bastard wanted to experience success personally
Jii-chan said.
He’s born nobility, and he wanted to achieve success than to live under the glory of the first generation. Kurama Kaku is the symbol of the Kurama Kaku group. It’s an elegant and splendid building, and so, all the other traditional inns and wedding halls have its style. However, Kurama Kaku is what the first generation left behind. A beauty already consummated, it doesn’t show anything new. It’s not allowed to do so. The current head of Kurama house didn’t like to see what he inherited from the past remains in the future. It isn’t proof that he was born and lived on this earth. Thus, he thought of breaking the whole Kurama Kaku of the past and create a new high-rise hotel to leave his mark Thus, he demolished the old Kurama Kaku and tried to construct a new hotel.
It’s the worst case.
He was someone who wanted to show a great accomplishment of what he’s done
That means he wants to personally experience success.
Ah.
Just like Minaho-neesan’s father?
I muttered unconsciously.
Indeed. Kuromori Kouichiro was the same
Minaho-neesan’s father inherited the Kuromori tower, a building his father built.
He forcibly took it away from his father and tried to dye it as his own.
But, he lacks in talent, and so Shirasaka Sousuke took command.
His case is easy to understand. His father was the first generation hero to earn fortunes. His father had experienced success. However, he doesn’t have that. He was insecure, and so he tried to forcibly achieve that personal experience of success Minaho-neesan’s not saying anything. It’s a typical story. Cases where it’s the relatives who drag down their family to collapse Born as nobility, yet no experience of success, it makes them feel at a loss to why they’re in that status